One of the twin conjoined boys was brought home after almost a year. These two boys conjoined along the abdomen and sharing a small intestine and fused livers were born to Michelle Brantley on 12th December, 2014. Since then, they had been in hospital care at Nemours Children’s Specialty Care and the Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Both Michelle Brantley and Bryan Mirabal are happy parents now to see at least their one son at home.

The two boys named Conner and Carter were surgically separated at Wolfson on May 7. There were no plans to separate them this early, but Carter, the smaller twin, was losing the battle for nutritional resource, which forced doctors to act soon. The twins underwent a surgery the day after they were born to repair a life-threatening condition called gastroschisis.

An another surgery early last January to separate their intestines was followed by the surgery last May in which their fused livers and bile ducts were surgically separated, which lasted for 12 hours. “The boys are doing fine”, said their mother, Michelle Brantley. “They have made it through everything”.

Conner, who weighs 22 pounds, is now at home with parents, while Carter, who weighs 16 pounds, is still hospitalized. Dr. Daniel Robie, one of the pediatric surgeons who led the team that has performed a series of procedures on the boys, is very optimistic about Carter’s future.

The past one year was very demanding for Brantley and Mirabal in terms of the attention to newborns. Both parents now are extremely happy with the outcomes of all efforts. Conner’s father has already made many outdoor plans with his son. The hospital staff of 200 people was now quite accustomed to see Conner every day. It was hard for them to see him leave hospital premises, but they are happy to see him go where he belongs to. This was first time that conjoined twins were treated in Wolfson’s 60-year history.